Table 5 Land-cover classes area (ha) and their proportion (%) over time from 1973 to 2024.

From: Changes in total and per-capital ecosystem service value in response to land-use land-cover dynamics in north-central Ethiopia

Year

Bare land

Cultivated land

Grassland

Natural forest

Plantation forest

Settlement

Water body

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

%

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

(ha)

(%)

1973

423.2

0.45

35,596.5

37.9

11,614.9

12.4

3415.5

3.64

42,250.4

45.00

113.4

0.12

442.2

0.47

1986

760.6

0.81

47,631.7

50.75

11,254

12.0

3038.6

3.24

30,645.2

32.65

124.7

0.13

401.1

0.43

2001

853.1

0.91

59,188.5

63.06

8151.9

8.69

2291.5

2.44

22,785.6

24.28

189.7

0.20

395.8

0.42

2016

607.9

0.65

59,051

62.92

4443.6

4.73

3088.9

3.29

25,635.2

27.31

578.9

0.62

450.4

0.48

2024

5387.3

5.74

57,311.8

61.06

3091.8

3.29

4408.2

4.70

21,732.89

23.16

1005.1

1.07

919.8

0.98

Av

661.2

0.71

50,366.9

53.66

8866.1

9.45

2958.6

3.15

30,329.1

32.31

251.68

0.27

422.4

0.45

CV

4.21

 

563.45

 

 − 172.6

 

 − 11.60

 

 − 394

 

10.29

 

0.18

 

R2

0.17

 

0.87

 

0.93

 

0.21

 

0.73

 

0.75

 

0.01

 

p*

0.58

 

0.07

 

0.04

 

0.55

 

0.15

 

0.13

 

0.88

 
  1. CV coefficient of variation in hectare per year.
  2. *Significance level at p = 0.05.
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